Independent designer specialising in maps & info visualisation
Ruskin said (and I’m not sure I would have liked the man himself if we had met, but he had some good points) that drawing makes us understand the world around us more. Only through drawing person can really get into core of things and if there is a one skill I like to master … Continue reading Common Tree Leaves hand-illustrated graphic
World map of tree types is crafted from data of more than 60 000 species recorded in the Botanic Gardens Conservation International database of all known tree spaces. The database is fluid and evolves as new information is recorded. I accessed the information on 22/09/2019 and although an attempt is made to include all the … Continue reading Tree Types of The World map
Southwark district is not the greenest of the neighbourhoods, but it is very walkable and riverside adds a lot to the area. When I lived in the area I used to walk to Borough Market on Saturdays along the riverbank. This was my weekend treat and making this map has a been another stroll down … Continue reading Leafy Southwark Walking Map
Since it’s been a while I made a proper walking map I felt it was about a time to get back into map making! I chose Clerkenwell as it used to be inside my lunch radius and I spent many happy hours exploring the area over my lunch breaks. Some of the breaks got longer … Continue reading Green Clerkenwell Walking Map
After posting the first version of Street trees type map I had comments some of the boroughs are missing from the map and suggestions to fill them in. The first map was based on the open data from London tree map project from 2014-2015 and for various reasons the data from some boroughs are yet … Continue reading Street trees type map UPDATE
I got a little frustrated last time doing research for my species timeline infographic because when I googled ‘apples in London’ I got well.. ‘Apples in London’! Some of the brands just have taken over nature it represents. So this gave me the idea to make a graphic about animal and plant species that have … Continue reading Graphic of iconic logo species
Londoners have always been innovative with introducing new species and some of the trees and wildlife now taken granted in London are actually, on the timeline of natural history, quite new. Some introduced species become naturalised and we tend to forget they actually have foreign origins. And then there are new ‘invasive’ species who also … Continue reading Timeline of new species in London
This typographic map shows the street trees in greater London. As Google didn’t give lot of information about the main tree species in all 32 (+city) boroughs I had to dig a little deeper and luckily found an incredible 700 000 list of street trees in London Tree Map website. None of my own tools … Continue reading London Street Trees type map
Forbes article of What Is London’s National City Park Status And Which Other Cities Will Follow? is a story of London’s journey of becoming a National Park City and the people and ideas behind it. I was very happy to see it also features the Greenground map alongside the Urban Good‘s official National Park City … Continue reading Greenground Map in Forbes article of London National Park City
Last week saw London becoming National Park City with various events taking place around London, including opening ceremony in London City Hall as well as the launch of National Park City ‘Maker’, 64 pages paper the guys at National Park City have worked very hard for last months. The Greenground map gets a mention on … Continue reading The Greenground Map on National Park City website
Helen Ilus 